2024/2025 Decathlon: Event Summary: Professional Basketball
Status: Completed
RULES: PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL
| A total of 16 teams make the playoffs - 8 in each conference. The 2015 teams are seeded as shown below: E-1 Atlanta Hawks E-2 Cleveland Cavaliers E-3 Chicago Bulls E-4 Toronto Raptors E-5 Washington Wizards E-6 Milwaukee Bucks E-7 Boston Celtics E-8 Brooklyn Nets W-1 Golden State Warriors W-2 Houston Rockets W-3 LA Clippers W-4 Portland Trail Blazers W-5 Memphis Grizzlies W-6 San Antonio Spurs W-7 Dallas Mavericks W-8 New Orleans Pelicans Q1a: Seeded Picks Pick 4 NBA playoff teams whose seeds add up to *at least* 18. For example, you could take the 1st seed from the West, the 5th seeds from the East and West, and the 7th seed from the East, and your entry would be valid (1 + 5 + 5 + 7 = 18). Or, you could take the 3rd through 6th seed from one conference, and that would be valid (3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 18). Q1b: At-Large Pick Pick 1 At-Large team*. Your At-Large pick cannot duplicate one of your seed picks. Q1 Points: 20 pts for every playoff win -2 pts for every playoff loss 40 bonus pts for winning a Conference Title 35 bonus pts for winning the NBA Championship * At-Large picks will earn slightly fewer points per category Q2: Finals Picks Select one team as the NBA Champion (correct choice worth 60 pts). Select one team as the NBA Runner-Up (correct choice worth 15 pts). Note: There are no restrictions for your Q2 picks. You may pick teams you selected in Q1 or teams you shunned; you can even select the same team as Champ and as Runner-Up. Picks lock first playoff game tipoff ~4/18 at 10am Pacific. Q3: Tiebreakers For the first time in Decathlon history, 4 MiniQs to help us break a 92-way tie. Please select from multiple choices: * The MVP of the Finals? * Who will win and in how many games? * How many points will be scored cumulatively in the Finals? * Who will receive the first Technical Foul of the Finals Picks lock: 6/4 5p Pacific |
POINT RECAP: PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL
| NBA Playoff Teams |
Answer (Seed Pts) | #Sel |
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| Atlanta Hawks (1) | 8 | 160 | -16 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | |
| Golden State Warriors (1) | 108 | 240 | -6 | 80 | -4 | 40 | 35 | 385 | |
| Cleveland Cavaliers (2) | 294 | 240 | -4 | 40 | -8 | 40 | 0 | 308 | |
| Houston Rockets (2) | 20 | 180 | -16 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | |
| Chicago Bulls (3) | 105 | 120 | -12 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | |
| LA Clippers (3) | 20 | 140 | -14 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | |
| Toronto Raptors (4) | 36 | 0 | -8 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | -8 | |
| Portland Trailblazers (4) | 6 | 20 | -8 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Washington Wizards (5) | 112 | 120 | -8 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | |
| Memphis Grizzlies (5) | 144 | 120 | -10 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | |
| Milwaukee Bucks (6) | 16 | 40 | -8 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |
| San Antonio Spurs (6) | 308 | 60 | -8 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | |
| Boston Celtics (7) | 8 | 0 | -8 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | -8 | |
| Dallas Mavericks (7) | 205 | 20 | -8 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Brooklyn Nets (8) | 63 | 40 | -8 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |
| New Orleans Pelicans (8) | 31 | 0 | -8 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | -8 | |
| NBA Playoff At-Large |
Answer | #Sel |
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| Atlanta Hawks | 39 | 128 | -24 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | |
| Chicago Bulls | 5 | 96 | -18 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 53 | 192 | -6 | 32 | -12 | 35 | 0 | 241 | |
| Golden State Warriors | 244 | 192 | -9 | 64 | -6 | 35 | 30 | 306 | |
| Houston Rockets | 7 | 144 | -24 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | |
| LA Clippers | 2 | 112 | -21 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | |
| San Antonio Spurs | 21 | 48 | -12 | 0 | -0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| NBA Champ |
Answer | #Sel |
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| Atlanta Hawks | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Chicago Bulls | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 106 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Golden State Warriors | 215 | 60 | 60 | ||||||
| Houston Rockets | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| LA Clippers | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| San Antonio Spurs | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NBA Runner-Up |
Answer | #Sel |
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| Atlanta Hawks | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Chicago Bulls | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cleveland Cavaliers | 232 | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| Golden State Warriors | 85 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Houston Rockets | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| LA Clippers | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Memphis Grizzlies | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| New Orleans Pelicans | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| San Antonio Spurs | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NBA Tiebreaker-A |
Answer | #Sel |
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| Kyrie Irving | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| LeBron James | 84 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Other Cavalier | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Stephen Curry | 257 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Draymond Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Klay Thompson | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Other Warrior | 1 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| NBA Tiebreaker-B |
Answer | #Sel |
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| Cavaliers in 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cavaliers in 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cavaliers in 6 | 63 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cavaliers in 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Warriors in 5 | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Warriors in 6 | 141 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Warriors in 7 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NBA Tiebreaker-C |
Answer | #Sel |
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| < 749 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 750 - 999 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1000 - 1249 | 179 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 1250 - 1499 | 145 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| > 1500 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| NBA Tiebreaker-D |
Answer | #Sel |
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| Coach David Blatt | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Matthew Dellavedova | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| LeBron James | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| JR Smith | 94 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Other Cavalier player/coach | 57 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Coach Steve Kerr | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Andrew Bogut | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Draymond Green | 70 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Andre Iguodala | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Other Warrior player/coach | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| No Techs in Series | 21 | 0 | 0 |
LEADERBOARD: PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL